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Protection of Processes in the Wadden Sea

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The protection of processes has been proclaimed both on a national level in the National Park declarations for the Wadden Sea and on an international level by the 6th Trilateral Governmental Conference. This approach means that all natural processes and dynamic developments are allowed to happen in an ecosystem in an unrestricted way. However, the realization in the Wadden Sea National Parks is hampered as the current zonation concept does not protect sufficiently large and coherent areas, and because the integration of human activities in a sustainable way (as required by the “Man and the Biosphere” programme) has not yet been achieved. Furthermore, the public acceptance for the protection of processes has to grow. Based on the results of ELAWAT it is recommended to take the relevance of source populations, dispersal and habitat heterogeneity into account for coastal zone management, as they are essential for regeneration processes after disturbances. The protection of entire tidal basins could ensure the capacity for resilience in this ecosystem.

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Villbrandt, M., Gunther, CP., Dittmann, S. (1999). Protection of Processes in the Wadden Sea. In: Dittmann, S. (eds) The Wadden Sea Ecosystem. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60097-5_12

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